Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Birthbef 6 Nov 1597
Baptism6 Nov 1597, Bingley Church, W Riding
Deathbef 7 Aug 1674
Burial7 Aug 1674, Bingley Church, W Riding
General3rd s. Of Harden Bridge, Yorks
FatherRichard Ferrand (-ca1641)
MotherMargaret Atkinson (-ca1641)
Notes for Robert Ferrand
It is of him that Dugdale must have written this note:  "To expect a certificate from Mr Ferrand of Carleton, this this gentleman is of his family" (p. 173 of Clay's edition).

He bought the Grange estate from Nathaniel Birkhead in 1636.
Will notes for Robert Ferrand
Will dated 22 may 1674 and proved a York.
Arms Generally notes for Robert Ferrand
At a later date his descendants bore his ferrand arms but with a cinquefoil azure on the field.  A portrait of his great-grandson Rev Bradgate Ferrand, who died in 1709, shows this cinquefoil and it was eventually confirmed in the Royal Licence to William Ferrand in 1890.
Armorial Blazon notes for Robert Ferrand
The arms on his tombstone within the altar rails of Bingley church, Yorks are:
Azure on a chief two crosses flory vair.
Blazon source notes for Robert Ferrand
An engraving of his arms on his tombstone within the altar rails of Bingley church, Yorks, as shown between pp. 138 and 139 of Johnson Atkinson Busfeild’s “Fragments of Bingley parish ...”
Last Modified 25 Mar 2017Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220